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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Volpatte shares the first part of his story just after the squad finishes what type of duty?
(a) Rebuilding a road.
(b) Digging a deep trench.
(c) Patrolling a forested area.
(d) Creating a large dirt pallisade.

2. "Trench Tourists" refers to which of the following?
(a) Journalists.
(b) Soldiers on a short deployment.
(c) Rats.
(d) High command visiting the trenches.

3. Why are the gentlemen of the depot jealous of Bourin the Parisian?
(a) He has just been promoted.
(b) He is getting married soon.
(c) He is safe in the south.
(d) He received orders to deploy for combat.

4. Was does Poterloo discover about his wife?
(a) She is pregnant again.
(b) She is dead.
(c) She is dangerously ill.
(d) She is fraternizing with a German officer.

5. Barque is described as being which of the following?
(a) A rebel.
(b) A sage.
(c) A trickster.
(d) A leader.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the squad dispatched at the end of Chapter 2?

2. What is unusual about the road that the narrator and Poterloo take to get to Souchez?

3. When first asked to share his story about the depot, what does Volpatte repeat?

4. What do the men concede with regards to the "shirkers"?

5. The "Territorials" are noted for what unusual quality?

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